Hose-making machine.



No. 999,999. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1909. J. 9. H. LOVETT. HOSE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1907.

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PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

J. s.; H. LOVETT. HOSE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1907.

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PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. J. S. H. LOVET'I".

HOSE MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1907.

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'rns N o F JOSEPH S. H. LOVETl, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSTGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO THEODORE PESSINGER PAYNE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND ONE-THIRD TO WILLIAM WALLACE NEAR, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

HOSE-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPr-i SCHENOK HOOKER Lovnrr, of the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer, in the State of New Jersey, one of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Making Machines, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose making machines, and the object of the invention is firstly to deliver the canvas as fed by the automatic feeding machine into the proper position between the forming and winding rollers, as covered. by my Letters Patent of the United States of America, numbered 682,588, and dated September 1, 1901, secondly, to automatically deliver the hose when made to the place of deposit and it consists essentially firstly, of a vertically movable table located between the frames of each section of the forming and winding rollers, a V-block movable longitudinally in a guide in the table and designed to receive thepole on.

which the hose is held, and to convey it from the grooved rollers forming part of the carry-.

ing table to between theforming and the winding rollers, and secondly of a plate located intermediately of the length of the table and also capable of longitudinal movement in guides therein, supplementary forming rollers mounted on the plate and designed to carry the pole and hose when woundfrom between the forming and winding rollers into grooved rollers designed to convey the completed hose from the machine, as hereinafter more particularly described by the following specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of two end portions of the winding and forming machine sections showing my device in cross section located intermediately thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one end of the end section showing my device complete. Fig. 3 is a cross section of my machine. Fig. 4 is a detail showing means for automatically throwin the winding chuck into gear.

in the drawing like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the winding and forming machine provided with the usual forming rollers A and the winding rollers A The winding and forming machines are built in sections, and between each section is located my device for transferring the hose from the grooved wheel of the conveyer to between the winding and forming rollers, and from between the winding and forming rollers to the grooved wheels designed to convey the hose out of the machine.

Referring to Fig. 3 of the drawings, B is one of the grooved wheels of a conveying device (shown in dotted lines), by which the canvas is conveyed from the cutting machine to the winding and forming machine and which is described in a concurrent application. B is a pole on which the hose is held and which is also shown by dotted lines.

I will now describe my means of conveying the hose from the wheels B to between the forming rollers and winding rollers A and A respectively, and then from the forming and winding rollers to the delivery wheel's.

O is a table.

D is an air cylinder having a port D extending down to the bottom of the interior and forming both an admission and exhaust port. The port D is supplied with compressed air through the pipe D the supply of air being controlled by the three way valve D (see Fig. 3).

D and D are the piston and piston rod respectively of the cylinder D.

E is an air cylinder supported horizontally on the top of the piston rod D.

E and E are the piston and piston rod respectively of the cylinder E.

F is a grooved pulley secured to an arbor F j ournaled in suitable bearings F beneath the table O. The upper portion of the pulley extends through a slot O formed in the table.

G is a block having a broad V-shaped notch at the top and a dovetail tongue at the bottom.

0 is a dovetail way extending longitudinally of the table. The tongue of the block 0 is held in the way and is moved longitu dinal therein.

H is an idler pulley journaled in the bracket H secured beneath the table C.

H is a cord secured at one end in the groove of the pulley F and at the other end to the block G.

H is a cord which is attached to the opposite side of the block G and extends over the idler pulley H.

H is a weight secured to the depending end of the cord H E is the inlet port of the cylinder E.

I the V-block supported thereon.

block in its upward travel lifts the pole B" E is a pipe leading-from the port E to the pipe D to which it is connected by the valve E E is the valve arm of the valve E to which is connected a link E. To the top of the link E is pivotally connected a ring E The pipe E is provided with an intermediate flexible portion E J is a sprocket wheel also mounted on the arbor F.

K is a plate held in the slotted way K formed in the table C. The rope II extends loosely through the plate.

K is a boss depending from beneath the plate K.

K is a sprocket chain secured at one end to the boss K and at the other end to the piston rod E The sprocket chain K engages with the sprocket J.

L and L are supplementary forming rollers journaled in the forked ends of the spring arms L The spring arms L are secured to the plate K.

M are grooved wheels secured to the arbor M journaled in brackets M secured to the main frame of the machine and suitably rotated.

The pole B is carried by the wheels B into position in front of my hose making machine. The valve D is opened allowing compressed air to pass through the pipe D to the port D of the cylinder D. The piston D" is forced upwardly, thereby elevating the table C and The V- from the wheel B.

The table together with the cylinder E.

- opening the valve E to the port E of the cylinder E. The piston E and piston rod E are forced forwardly drawing on the chain K connected to the plate K, and also rotating the wheel F and drawing on the cord I-I By this operation the block G is drawn to between the winding and forming rollers. The valve D is then opened to allow the air to exhaust from the cylinder D and the table thereby allowed to lower to deposit the pole on the forming rollers. By the same operation the previously wound poleis raised from the forming rollers by the supplementary rollers Land L as the table rises. The plate K is drawn to a position over the wheels M, at which position it arrives at the same time the pole B is brought into position for deposit between the forming and winding rollers. The valve D is opened as before described, the wound pole lowered into the wheels M and the pole B onto the forming rollers. The spindles 1W are driven by suitable sprocket gears to dehver the wound pole to any desired point.

The pole is rotated by a suitably driven chuck which is automatically thrown into gear by the descent of the winding rollers. The winding rollers are brought into operative position by means of an air cylinder 0 and coacting piston and piston rod. I may use any suitable form of clutch mechanism operated by the descent of the winding rollers for connecting the chuck with its driving gear such as, an arm 0 secured to the rock shaft of the winding rollers, a bell crank O pivoted to a suitable portion of the frame, a notched bar 0 extending through bearings O at each end and through one arm of the bell crank, a spring 0 extending between one arm of the bell crank and a portion of the bearing, a gravity catch 0 normally held in the notch to the outside of the bearing, a rod O connected to the arm O and held loosely in the arm of the bell crank and designed to strike the tail of the gravity catch when the winding rollers are lowered, a fork O at the end of the other arm of the bell crank designed to operate a cone friction clutch connecting the driving shaft and clutch. Although I show this form of automatic clutch I do not desire to limit myself to this particular form, but only show it as one means of throwing my machine into connection with the driving gear.

From this description it will be seen that I have constructed a simple machine in which the hose and pole is quickly conveyed from the carrier wheel to the forming wheels and from the forming wheels to the delivery wheels.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a hose making machine, the combination with the Winding and forming rollers, of mechanism for carrying the pole supporting the hose from suitable conveyer mechanism to between the forming and winding rollers, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a hose making machine, the combination with the winding and forming rollers, of mechanism for raising the pole vertically out of the grooved rollers forming part of the conveyer mechanism and then carrying the pole into the machine between the winding and forming rollers, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a hose making machine, the combination with the winding and forming rollers, of a table, means for raising the table vertically, a notched block longitudinally movable of the table and automatic means for imparting such movement to the block by the rising of the table, as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a hose making machine, the combination with the winding and forming rollers, of an air cylinder, piston and piston rod, a table supported by the piston rod, a notched block held in guides on the table and means for moving the block longitudinally of the table operated by the rising of the table, as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a hose making machine, the combination With the Winding and the forming rollers, of a vertical air cylinder, piston and piston rod, a horizontal cylinder, piston and piston rod mounted on the vertical piston, a table secured to the horizontal cylinder, a notched block movable in guides in the table, a grooved Wheel mounted in bearings at one end of the table, a cord connected to the Wheel and to the block, an idler Wheel, a cord connected to the block and depending over the idler Wheel, a Weight secured to the depending cord, a sprocket Wheel connected to the grooved Wheel, a sprocket chain suitably secured at one end to a suitable portion of the machine and connected to the horizontal piston at the other end and designed to engage With the sprocket Wheel, as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a hose making machine, the combination With the Winding and forming rollers, of a vertically movable table, means for imparting such movement to the table, a plate movable in guide Ways in the table, forming rollers mounted thereon and rotatng receiving grooved Wheels designed to receive the pole as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a hose making machine, a vertically movable table, a notched block movable in guide Ways thereon, means for imparting such movement to the table and to the block, as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a hose making machine, the combination With the table, the air cylinder, piston and piston rod on Which the table is supported, a notched block held in guide Ways in the table, and means for imparting longitudinal movement to the blocks, as and for the purpose specified.

9. In a hose making machine, the combination With the vertically movable table, a notched block held in guide Ways in the table, a grooved Wheel ournaled at one end of the table, an idler Wheel at the other end of the table, a cord connecting the Wheel to the block, a cord connected to the block and depending over the idler Wheel, a Weight secured to the depending cord and means for rotating the Wheels by the rising of the table as and for the purpose specified.

10. In a hose making machine, the combination with the vertically movable table, a horizontal cylinder, piston and piston rod, a notched block held in guide Ways in the table, a grooved Wheel journaled at one end of the table, an idler Wheel at the other end of the table, a cord connecting the Wheel to the block, a cord connected to the block and depending over the idler Wheel, a Weight secured to the depending cord, a sprocket connected to the grooved Wheel, a sprocket chain connected to a suitable portion of the table and to the horizontal piston and engaging with the sprocket as and for the purpose specified.

11. In a hose making machine, the combination With the vertically movable table, of a notched block and forming rollers longitudinally movable on the table, means for imparting such longitudinal movement thereto upon the completion of the vertical movement of the table and rotatable receiving Wheels, as and for the purpose specified.

12. In a hose making machine, the combination With the vertically movable table, of a notched-block located in a guide at the outer end of the table and a plate held in-a guide and supporting forming rollers located inter mediately of the length of the table, an air cylinder and coacting piston designed to elevate the table, and a cylinder and coacting piston designed to draw the block and plate longitudinally and rotatable receiving Wheels as and for the purpose specified.

13. In a hose making machine, the combination With the vertically movable table, the longitudinally movable notched blocks held in guides in the table and the plate carrying forming rollers and also held in guides in the table, of an air cylinder, a grooved. Wheel journaled in the table, a cord secured to the Wheel at one end. and to the V-block at the other end, a sprocket secured to the grooved Wheel, a chain secured at one end to the longitudinally movable plate and at the other end to the piston of the air cylinder and engaging with the sprocket Wheel and rotatable grooved receiving Wheels as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH S. H. LOVETT.

Witnesses B. BOYD, R. 601mm. 

